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Test 6 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark

Kofi thinks, "I'm not good enough. I'll never be." What happened after he trained harder?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kofi, I · What happens: think, not be, happen, train · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Kofi thinks, "I'm not good enough.

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjcopadvmodccompadvmodpunctrootKofiPROPNthinksVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTIPRON'mAUXnotPARTgoodADJenoughADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KofiKofiPROPNNumber=Sing2 thinksnsubj
2thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_8 goodpunct
4""PUNCT_8 goodpunct
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs8 goodnsubj
6'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 goodcop
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 goodadvmod
8goodgoodADJDegree=Pos2 thinksccomp
9enoughenoughADV_8 goodadvmod
10..PUNCT_2 thinkspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentKofivn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2not is in a quotepresentKofienough, good propertytree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: I'll never be."

nsubjauxadvmodpunctpunctrootIPRON'llAUXneverADVbeVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 bensubj
2'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin4 beaux
3neverneverADVPronType=Neg4 beadvmod
4bebeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5..PUNCT_4 bepunct
6""PUNCT_4 bepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not befutureIvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What happened after he trained harder?

nsubjmarknsubjadvclxcomppunctrootWhatPRONhappenedVERBafterSCONJhePRONtrainedVERBharderADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 happenednsubj
2happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3afterafterSCONJ_5 trainedmark
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 trainednsubj
5trainedtrainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 happenedadvcl
6harderhardADJDegree=Cmp5 trainedxcomp
7??PUNCT_2 happenedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2trainpastKofihard propertyvn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He kept improving

nsubjxcomprootHePRONkeptVERBimprovingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 keptnsubj
2keptkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3improvingimproveVERBVerbForm=Ger2 keptxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppastHetree rules
2improvegerundHe not said herevn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He got picked the very next day

nsubj:passaux:passdetadvmodamodobl:unmarkedrootHePRONgotAUXpickedVERBtheDETveryADVnextADJdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 pickednsubj:pass
2gotgetAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 pickedaux:pass
3pickedpickVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 daydet
5veryveryADV_6 nextadvmod
6nextnextADJDegree=Pos7 dayamod
7daydayNOUNNumber=Sing3 pickedobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pickpast · passiveHedayvn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

He stayed exactly as good as before

nsubjadvmodadvmodxcompcaseoblrootHePRONstayedVERBexactlyADVasADVgoodADJasADPbeforeADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 stayednsubj
2stayedstayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3exactlyexactlyADV_5 goodadvmod
4asasADV_5 goodadvmod
5goodgoodADJDegree=Pos2 stayedxcomp
6asasADP_7 beforecase
7beforebeforeADV_5 goodobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staypastHegood propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He decided football wasn't for him

nsubjobjcopadvmodcaseconjrootHePRONdecidedVERBfootballNOUNwasAUXn'tPARTforADPhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 decidednsubj
2decideddecideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3footballfootballNOUNNumber=Sing2 decidedobj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 himcop
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 himadvmod
6forforADP_7 himcase
7himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 footballconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1decidepastHefootballvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent football=Topic
2not ispastHe not said herefor him = hetree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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